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CHAPTER 183.
An additional Supplement to the act, entitled, An act for
the relief of sundry Insolvent Debtors, passed November
session eighteen hundred and five.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
any imprisoned debtor may hereafter, immediately upon his or her
confinement, make application, by petition, in writing, to any
judge of the orphans court of the county in which he or she shall be
so imprisoned, for discharge from said confinement, and the said
judge shall have, and he is hereby invested with, the same power as is
exercised by a judge of the county court, to grant such discharge,
upon the petitioner giving bond, with security, and in a penalty to
be approved and preserved by said judge for his or her appearance
before the judges of the county court of said county, at a time to
be appointed by said judge, for a hearing before said court, on
said petition according to the provisions of the said original act.
2. And be it enacted, That the said judge of the orphans court
in the execution of this act, shall have and exercise all the powers
which are had and exercised by any judge of a county court under
the original act, and the several supplements thereto.
3. And be it enacted, That all proceedings to be had by any judge
of the orphans court under this act, shall be by him lodged with
the clerk of the county court, within thirty days thereafter, and
the judges of the court shall proceed thereon according to the pro-
visions of the original act, and the several supplements thereto.
4. And be it enacted, That the act of assembly, entitled, An act
for the relief of insolvent debtors, passed in the year seventeen hun-
dred and seventy-four, be and the same is hereby repealed.
5. And be it enacted, That the said judge of the orphans court
shall be entitled to the sum of one dollar as a compensation for his
trouble, to be paid by the said debtor.
6. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be
held to repeal, alter or change, An act, entitled, An act relating to
insolvent debtors in the city and county of Baltimore.
7. And be it enacted, That in all cases where application hath
or shall hereafter be made to any judge of the county or orphans
court, for the benefit of the act to which this is a supplement, the
petition shall not be dismissed by the county court before the term
appointed for the hearing of such application by the judge to whom
the same hath been or shall be made.
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Passed Feb 13
Debtors may
apply to judges
of orphans ct.
Who are vest-
ed with same
power as jud-
ges of county
courts.
Proceedings to
be lodged with
clerk.
Repeal.
Compensation
Not to relate
to debtors in
Baltimore
Applications
not to be dis-
missed, &c.
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CHAPTER 184.
An act to establish an Academy at Liberty Town in Frede-
rick County.
Whereas, the town of Liberty, and its vicinity, are destitute
of a public school-house, to the great privation of education: And
whereas, it appears that a sufficient number of scholars may be
collected in the said town, and its vicinity, to maintain a Lancaster
and Grammar School, Therefore,
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
a public stock may be and is hereby authorised to be raised in the
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Passed Feb 13
Preamble
A public stock
to be raised.
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